Fire and Love
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{{Infobox album
| name = Fire and Love
| type = studio
| artist = Guardian
| cover = Guardian-fnl.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1991
| recorded = 1990
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Christian metal
| length = 44:56
| label = Pakaderm
| producer = John & Dino Elefante
| prev_title = First Watch
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = Miracle Mile
| next_year = 1993
}}{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r8716}}
|rev2=Cornerstone|rev2Score=(not rated){{cite journal |last=Canfield |first=Dave |title=Reviews / Fire and Love |pages=29 |journal=Cornerstone |issn=0275-2743 |year=1991 |volume=20 |issue=95 }}
|noprose=yes}}
Fire and Love is the second album of Christian metal band Guardian. It was released in 1991 and featured an arena rock sound, described by Cornerstone as "Bon Jovi to the bone".
This is the first album to feature Jamie Rowe on vocals and Karl Ney on drums.
Track listing
All songs written by David Bach, Tony Palacios, Jamie Rowe and John Elefante except where noted.
- "Power of Love" - 4:33
- "Send a Message" - 4:00
- "Time Stands Still" (Palacios) - 4:26
- "Forever and a Day" - 5:11
- "Takin' on the World" (Guardian, J. Elefante) - 3:52
- "Fire and Love" - 3:25
- "Turnaround" (Bach, Palacios, Rowe) - 4:18
- "Time and Time Again" - 4:52
- "The Rain" (Bach, Palacios, Rowe) - 5:31
- "Never Say Goodbye" - 5:06
Personnel
Guardian
- Jamie Rowe – lead vocals, backing vocals
- Tony Palacios – guitars, backing vocals
- David Bach – bass, backing vocals
- Karl Ney – drums
Additional musicians
- John Elefante – keyboards, backing vocals
- Glen Hirami – accordion
- Ron Eglit – pedal steel guitar
- David Raven – drums
- Dino Elefante – backing vocals
Production
- John Elefante – producer, engineer
- Dino Elefante – producer, engineer, mixing
- MIke Mierau – engineer, mixing
- Jeff Simmons – engineer
- Gil Griffith – mix assistant
- Terry DeGraff – art direction, design
- Sandra Ney – cover consultant
- Jeff Jones – photography
- Recorded and mixed at Pakaderm Studios (Los Alamitos, California)
- Mastered at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, California)